IT had been three weeks since the Peru adventure and Sienna was loving working with SHIELD. Granted, her and Skye almost dying is an event that occurs on a weekly basis now, but it was still fun, traveling to different places and investigating people. Her most favorite part about working with SHIELD was training with May.
Sienna had learned a couple of techniques, but she had never actually trained with someone. May had taken Sienna under her wing and had become her S.O. which Sienna learned meant supervising officer.
Every morning Sienna would wake up at five and head to the kitchen to grab a light breakfast, usually a banana or a protein bar. After finishing she would head to the area right near the plane's hangar door, May had set up a couple of mats and a punching bag for her to work on. Sienna would stretch out until May finished her Tai Chi, then the two would work together. This morning was no different.
Sienna was in her same area stretching out on her mat when Coulson came by.
"Oh hey Coulson!" Sienna stood up from her stretching position on the floor. "You doing well? I never really see you up at this time."
"I'm good Sienna, just couldn't sleep so I decided to see how my two new additions to the team are doing. And it seems like you're doing great, where's your sister?" Coulson asked gesturing to the empty spot next to Sienna that's usually reserved for May.
"Oh you'll never see Skye out of bed before 7, as for that empty mat, it's May's we train together after she finishes her Tai Chi." Sienna clarified as she tied her hair back. "In fact May should be here any moment."
As if Sienna had pre-cognition May opened the door and descended the spiral staircase. "So, did you need something else Coulson?"
"Uh nope, well we may have a possible mission, I'll keep you two updated." Coulson explained. He then bid the two women goodbye and left.
"So you ready to get started?" May asked as she threw two cloths over so Sienna could wrap her knuckles before hitting the punching bag.
"Yep, let's do it!" Sienna wrapped her hands and got started with a one, two, duck pattern.
The two women worked for another hour and half on Sienna's boxing techniques and then they worked on her endurance when May had her jump rope for 30 minutes. By the time the two had finished their training session Skye was just waking up, Sienna passed her sister's bunk on the way to the shower.
"Looks like I got the better S.O., he lets me sleep in!" Skye called from her bed.
"Ah, but thanks to mine I can kick your ass!" Sienna shouted back.
She made her way to the small shower and entered locking the door behind her. She peeled her sweat-drenched shirt off her back and ran her fingers over the large horizontal scar that marked her back.
She shook her head clearing her mind of that memory, she didn't want to relive that right now.
After a refreshing shower that rid Sienna's mind of any of her horrible memories, she headed back to her bunk scrunching her long hair with an old SHIELD academy shirt. She headed back to her bunk and slid the door shut behind her.
Sienna put her headphones in as she picked out some clothes to wear. The song Mr Loverman by Ricky Montgomery played into her ears as she looked for something to wear. She settled for a pair of black leggings and a red tank top.
Sienna was in the middle of clasping her bra when the door to her bunk opened suddenly.
"Jesus Christ!" Ward yelled as he covered his eyes with one hand and shut the door shut with his other.
"Well maybe you should knock next time!" Sienna shouted through the closed door.
She heard someone walking up to Ward and once they spoke she realized who the two people were. She had come to be really good friends with Fitz and Simmons, so she couldn't miss the Scottish accent that belonged to Fitz and the British accent that belonged to Simmons.
"What's going on over here?" Sienna heard Simmons ask, at the same time Fitz spoke.
"What are you doing Ward?" Fitz asked in an extremely high-pitched voice.
Sienna pulled her red tank top on and slid the door open. "I guess Ward was trying to get a free show, since he opened my door without knocking." Sienna sent Ward her best steel-eyed stare. The two young scientists stared at Ward open-mouthed. "Well anyways, was there something you needed?"
"Yes, I came to inform you that we have a mission. The team's meeting in the briefing room." Sienna scrunched her eyebrows in confusion, she hadn't heard of the briefing room. "The room with the really large table that does interesting stuff." Ward added and then walked away to go find Skye.
Sienna walked with the two scientists to the mission briefing and they talked about new stem-cell research on the way. It was the first time in a while that Sienna had someone to talk to about this kind of sciency-stuff, it wasn't Skye's cup of tea.
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"It's the same cyber punks who hacked us before, it's the Rising Tide." Everyone's gaze drifted over to Skye after Agent Kwan spoke.
"My office now." Coulson said to Ward, Skye, and Sienna. He left the room suddenly and Sienna sent a look over to Skye that read as 'what-the-hell-did-you-do?' look.
"The Rising Tide is a huge organization of hacktivists from all around the world. Any of them could have done this. It wasn't me." Skye explained once they group arrived in Coulson's office.
"No one's saying it was." Ward said a little too calmly for Sienna taste, she was starting to get extremely pissed off at him.
"But you're thinking it." Skye snapped back. "I can see your faces thinking it."
"We're assessing the situation." Coulson responded.
"Then I'm sure you're taking into account that Skye's been living on a plane with you this whole time." Sienna said from her position in the back of the room. "It would be nearly impossible for her to hack SHIELD without one of you finding out."
"Or easier, we're gonna need more than that." Coulson said to both sisters.
"Fine. Let me trace the hack, and I'll prove it."
"I believe her, sir." Ward said crossing his arms over his chest. "And if she's telling the truth, we need to track down the person responsible."
"Dig up something, and fast. The longer Mr. Chan's missing, the more danger he's in. You're all dismissed." Coulson announced from behind his desk. The three adults left Coulson's office and headed back to the briefing room.
About 30 minutes later everyone was gathered around the table watching Skye work. "We got our origin — Austin, Texas." Skye let out a huge sigh of relief and Sienna sent her a small smile.
"You got a name?" Coulson asked, not letting up any of the pressure he was putting on Skye.
"Just the café our hacker worked out of, but I'm in the system. I'm gonna check to see if any credit-card charges from that day match up with any known hackers." Skye went back to work clicking on the screen while everyone watched. "We got a hit."
"Miles Lydon, not Skye — that's to all our relief." Fitz said as he read off of the credit card that came up on the screen. Everyone let out a breath of relief.
"You know him?" Coulson asked Skye.
"Every hacker in the world knows him." Skye answered.
"Not just the hacker world. He infiltrated the Kremlin." Simmons said with a hint of admiration in her voice.
"Yeah, the picture of Putin shirtless on horseback — that was his hack." Fitz also said with admiration.
"It was also his hack that got Chan kidnapped." Ward said breaking up the Miles Lydon fan-club.
"May set a course for Austin." Coulson instructed.
"Just did." May answered.
• • • • • • • • • • • •
The team had landed in Los Angeles and Miles had slipped through their fingers after he made Ward. However, Coulson had a hunch so he had May follow Skye, curiously enough, May had found Skye shirtless in Miles' apartment which led to a whole new set of problems.
Now, thanks to Skye, Sienna was walking to Coulson's office with May. She was extremely disappointed in her sister and didn't understand why Skye would betray her. The two women stepped into the office, Sienna for the second time that day.
"Did you know?" Sienna was a little surprised by the lack of hospitality, but she answered anyways.
"No." Coulson didn't look anymore convinced than May. "I didn't know, I'm just as pissed off as you guys, probably more, yes she betrayed you and SHIELD, but she betrayed me too. You don't know the bond we have." Sienna corrected herself. "Had."
Coulson looked over at May for her judgement of my confession. "I don't think she's lying." May spoke with a slightly less aggressive tone, seeing how genuinely upset Sienna was. Coulson then dismissed me so he and May could talk alone. Sienna exited the office.
Sienna had expected that meeting to go worse, way worse. Sienna expected him to yell and not listen to what she had to say, however that was not the case. She was expecting them to kick her off the plane and send her back to the alley in Los Angeles, but they didn't, they didn't reject her like everyone else.
Sienna passed by the lab and both Fitz and Simmons sent her their pity smiles. She smiled softly in an attempt to hide my feelings. She walked by Ward who was cursing himself out in the corner, something about letting someone ruin the plan? Whatever that means.
She turned the corner to her bunk and noticed through the glass that Ward was watching her. Sienna shrugged off whatever stupid conspiracy was trying to work itself into her brain. She slid the door open and locked it behind her, before crawling into bed.
Sure, it was only 1:20 in the afternoon, but secluding herself from everyone else was what she did when she was upset. Many therapists over the years had explained to her what a horrible habit it was, but she didn't care. It gave her time to work through her emotions in a safe space. It was what worked for Sienna. So it's what she did.
• • • • • • • • • • • •
About an hour later someone knocked on her door. Sienna flipped the covers off and slowly walked over to slide the door open. She opened the door to find Simmons awkwardly standing there.
"What's up?" Sienna asked as nonchalantly as possible.
"Um, Coulson and May just arrived at the building where we're suspecting Chan is being held. I just thought you'd want to come and keep tabs with us."
"Okay, give me a sec and I'll walk back with you."
She nodded and Sienna turned around and walked back into my room. She fixed her bed and fluffed her pillow before grabbing her phone and putting it in the side pocket of her leggings.
"Alright, let's go." Simmons and Sienna walked together in complete silence to the briefing room. Where Ward was standing next to Skye and a handcuffed Miles. Fitz was standing in the corner trying to keep himself out of the awkward situation.
Sienna entered the room and made brief eye contact with Skye before moving to the nearest corner and crossing her arms in an annoyed fashion. Miles' eyes darted between Skye and Sienna in confusion, clearly Skye had never told Miles about her twin sister. The two weren't exactly identical, but they looked similar enough that one could tell they were sisters. Everyone was extremely uncomfortable.
The tension in the room was so thick one could cut it with a knife, metaphorically speaking. Suddenly a bunch of alarms started going off, Simmons rushed over to the computer to see what was wrong.
"The entire facility's been locked down." Simmons announced worriedly, Skye started typing on the tablet that was in front of her.
Sienna noticed Miles leaning over to whisper something in Skye's ear. She felt a sort of anger build up in her chest, she took a deep breath to calm herself. Skye broke the anxious silence that had overtaken the room.
"The alarms disconnected the system from all exterior servers."
"Can you fix it or not?" Ward asked annoyed.
"Yes, but you've got to get me on-site."
"Not a chance." Both Miles and Ward answered at the same time. Sienna rolled her eyes at the scene.
"You're a hacker Skye, not seal team six." Miles said.
"No, but he is." Skye answered looking over at Ward.
"Okay." Ward said. "Let's do it."
"I'm coming." Sienna said, talking for the first time since she entered the room.
"No you're not." Ward responded.
"Yes I am, I've been training with May and there's going to be multiple guys there, it'll be better if I come, to provide support." Sienna explained, Ward looked even more annoyed than before. Sienna moved closer to Ward and leaned toward his ear.
"I've already punched you in the face once Ward, don't make me do it again." Sienna whispered.
"Whatever, let's go. Fitz, Simmons, stay here with Miles, stay on comms." Ward announced, he turned toward the two sisters. "You too, go to the armory and put on bullet-proof vests. Sienna if you can use a gun, grab one." The two women nodded and headed off to the armory together.
As the two walked Skye kept looking over in Sienna's direction. "I'm sorry Sienna, I really am."
"Now's not the time." Sienna answered coolly. Skye was slightly taken aback by her sister's answer.
The walked into the armory and they put on their vests in silence. Sienna grabbed a night-night gun and reached for a belt to strap around her waist. Sienna noticed Skye struggling to put her vest on.
"Here, let me." Sienna walked over to Skye and grabbed the piece of velcro from her hand. She pulled it extra tight and pressed it onto its designated spot.
"Thanks." Skye said turning around.
"Don't mention it." Sienna answered and then she walked out of the room to the hangar door.
After arriving to the building, the team of three found the nearest set of stairs and climbed to the third floor where the control room was.
It wasn't until they rounded the corner to the control room that the three teammates were met with some resistance. There were three guards waiting at the door. As soon as the guards noticed them, they charged at Skye, Sienna, and Ward.
Skye tucked herself against the wall as Sienna and Ward both ran towards the guards. Ward took the two on the left and Sienna headed for the one on the right. She ran up and the guy pulled out his gun.
Sienna noticed him reach immediately and when he pulled it out fully she kicked the back of his hand which made him drop the gun. With her other leg she kicked it back towards Skye. The guard then came at her swinging his arm. She blocked and countered with a punch of her own that sent him stumbling a few feet backward covering his nose.
He took a second to regain focus before charging toward her again. Sienna simply stepped to the side and smirked at the look on the guys face when she tripped him. Before he could get back up again she went down on a knee and delivered a strong punch to the side of his face which knocked him out.
She looked up to see Ward throw a guy against the wall, she stood up. Sienna soon felt an arm loop around her neck and put pressure against her throat.
Sienna turned her neck so she could breathe better, then stomped the heel of her shoe into the guard's foot. She then took her elbow and jammed it into his face and he fell backwards to the floor.
"Where are we on the doors?" May's voice crackled over the comms.
"Almost there." Ward responded as he grabbed Skye's arm leading her towards the door.
The two sisters accompanied by Ward ran into the control room. Immediately Skye ran to the computer and started typing.
"How long is this going to take?" Ward asked.
"Done." Skye answered immediately standing up from the chair she had sat in.
"Doors are unlocked." Sienna shouted into the comms.
Sienna was just stepping out of the control room when she saw May and Coulson running toward her.
"Let's go! Place is gonna blow." May shouted as she motioned for them to follow her.
Ward, Skye, and Sienna followed Coulson and May to the stairwell. The group practically flew down the three flights of stairs as Simmons shouted at them through the comms.
The five teammates made it out of the building just in time to see the explosion come out of the ventilation system on the roof. A giant swirl of fire and smoke made a deafening eruption. Sienna breathed heavily as did the rest of the team as they tried to catch their breath.
• • • • • • • • • • • •
"So, you're first time officially in the field, what do you think?" May asked Sienna as the two women organized the armory.
"Well, it was one to remember." Sienna smiled at May. "Oh! I finally got that crescent kick disarming technique down! I used it while fighting."
"I told you that you'd get it." May responded as she hung up a kevlar vest. "On another note, have you spoken to Skye about why she did what she did?"
"No. Why should I? She didn't bother to let me know before hand. And to be honest I don't really care." Sienna said as she forcefully hung a rifle on the wall.
"Okay." May answered dropping the topic. "Same time training tomorrow?" May asked as she put her last case away in the corner.
"Sounds good to me. Night May." The older woman exited the room probably heading to her bunk.
A little while later Sienna was putting away a gun holster when she herd a small cough from the doorway. She looked over to find Skye.
"Can we talk?" Skye asked.
"Okay." Sienna answered.
"Coulson gave me this bracelet." Skye held up her right hand. "It's like an internet nanny, I can't use computers unless SHIELD authorizes me too."
"Cool, is that all?"
"No. I wanted to say I'm sorry again for not telling you about Miles and for going behind your back."
"You put everything at risk Skye! What if SHIELD sent us back to Los Angeles? Back to our van? You didn't think! That's what kills me, you didn't think about how you were jeopardizing our place on this team. I like it here, it's the first place that I've felt like I belong. I thought you felt that way too."
"I do Sienna, and I never wanted to hurt you."
"Then why'd you do it? There has to be something else your keeping from me, some reason that you were willing to put everything on the line."
"I've been trying to find our parents."
"You've been doing what?!"
"For the past couple of months, I've been looking for our parents. That's why I was working with the Rising Tide again, so I could use their resources to try and find them."
"Why Skye? They don't CARE! They didn't care when they left us at an orphanage! They didn't care when we were being beaten in foster homes! They didn't care when we spent our entire childhood with nuns! They didn't care, so why do you want to find them so damn badly?"
"How could you not want to find them? They're our parents Sienna! Maybe they made a mistake or something forced them to give us up! You don't know! And I just want to find out and find them! The only thing I can find is some stupid redacted document from SHIELD."
"Wait. What? SHIELD's involved?"
"That's what I've been trying to find out, the only thing I have on our parents is that redacted document. I told Coulson and he's going to try to help me find them."
"Okay, but I want it noted that I'm saying this is a bad idea. Because this is a terrible idea, what if it's something really bad Skye?"
"Then at least we have each other to get through it, but isn't knowing better then wondering?"
"Maybe."
"Can I give you a hug?"
"Of course dummy, but this doesn't mean that I'm not still mad at you."
"Noted."
"Cause what you did was really stupid."
"Mhmm totally."
The two sisters separated from their hug and they exited the armory heading toward their bunks.
"Also who was that woman that kicked those guys asses back in Hong Kong? Cause she's super cool."
"Oh really? I'll have to tell her you said that."
The two sisters arrived at their adjacent bunks.
"Night Skye."
"Night sis."